Inevitably, this will kick off a familiar debate about the value of these rankings and Luedeke has the top two picks from this year's draft - 60 overall and 90 overall - in the team's top 10. Arnesson and Cehlarik come in on either side of Khokhlachev at 8 and 10, and ahead of guys like Fraser, Griffith and Camara. Fourth rounder Ryan Fitzgerald comes in ahead of Cunningham and Camper. Lindblad and Fallstrom, who both had good camps from what I could tell, are in the 20s.

There's got to be some sort of math here where "prospect" status declines in relation to distance from draft year.

That has to be it or math because Knight, KoKo and even Spooner haven't come close to what Fraser has done per game in the AHL. Luedeke's is poignant on why Matt gets a #11 but he doesn't explain why others might get a call up first.

One thing is for sure if you get labeled with "something" in camp and pre-season you'd better work on it quickly.

I like the fact that he at least pulled out the over-25 yr. old guys in an attempt to make this more about prospect potential rather consider how far up the maturation ladder they are. But, I am really puzzled by Cehlarik being ahead of Griffith and Camara.

The only explanation would be that Cehlarik showed something really spectacular at camp or elsewhere, and Camara/Griffith showed something negative, and he doesn't really describe either. It's odd. I would think any GM would take Camara after the junior season he had, but maybe not.

I wish it were easier/possible to find his analysis from previous years. I remember being able to do it at one point, and it was interesting to see how players rise and fall.

As for Morrow, that is odd. Looking at theAHL.com though, no team has a roster listed. I think they must be waiting for official rosters, or something. In the player database they have, he's still listed as a Texas Star.

Camara sounds like he's going to be a Paille type. Straight-line, solid finishing skills, gritty. I won't include the fighting part in terms of a players ability to play hockey. That's just who he sounds like. If we can get Paille with some ability to defend teammates, I'll take that any day of the week.

I'm still kind of confused as to how Knight is listed as a top prospect, though. It's gotta be tough for a kid who, coming into his first pro season, missed almost every game. And in those games that he did play, he didn't produce. In missing almost a full year at age 20, you gotta wonder how much he lost as a player.

I've almost kind of moved on from him, to be honest. I'm not about to get my hopes up about him at all.

Why? He had an injury that, from what we know, he's fully recovered from. He's still 20, still plays the game with an effective combination of recklessness and skill. Judging him because he missed time doesn't make any sense to me.